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<span class=large>AMOS</span>
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CHAPTER 7
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Amos relates how he was called of God to be a prophet—He prophesies the captivity of Israel.
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Thus</span> hath the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, <i>it was</i> the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
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And it came to pass, <i>that</i> when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise?  for he <i>is</i> small.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/3a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Amos 7: 3 And the Lord said, concerning Jacob, Jacob shall repent for this, therefore I will not utterly destroy him, saith the Lord.">The</a><span class='smallcaps'> Lord</span> <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/7/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 6: 6; Num. 23: 19.">repented</a> for this: It shall not be, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; Thus hath the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
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Then said I, O Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise?  for he <i>is</i> small.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/6a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Amos 7: 6 And the Lord said, concerning Jacob, Jacob shall repent of his wickedness; therefore I will not utterly destroy him, saith the Lord God.">The</a><span class='smallcaps'> Lord</span> repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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&#182; Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall <i>made</i> by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto me, Amos, what seest thou?  And I said, A plumbline.  Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 8: 2.">pass</a> by them any more:
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And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 15: 10 (8-12).">house</a> of Jeroboam with the sword.
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&#182; Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 1: 1.">Jeroboam</a> king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
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For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
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Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Seer.">seer</a>, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
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But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it <i>is</i> the king’s <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR sanctuary.">chapel</a>, and it <i>is</i> the king’s court.
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&#182; Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I <i>was</i> no <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="JS-H 1: 23 (22-23).">prophet</a>, neither <i>was</i> I a prophet’s son; but I <i>was</i> an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> took me as I followed the flock, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Called of God."><span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span></a> said unto me, <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/7/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Keys.">Go</a>, <sup>c</sup><a href="amos/7/15c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Prophecy; TG Prophets, Mission of.">prophesy</a> unto my people Israel.
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&#182; Now therefore hear thou the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not <i>thy word</i> against the house of Isaac.
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Therefore thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/7/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Ten Lost Tribes of.">Israel</a> shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
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